Timeline Tuesday 25 February 1964

Tuesday 25 February 1964

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Events on Tuesday 25 February 1964 1

1964 Cassius Clay defeats Sonny Liston for the heavyweight title Clay later adopts the name Muhammad Ali The 22-year-old Clay upset the heavily favoured Liston in Miami Beach to win the world heavyweight boxing championship. Days later he announced his conversion to the Nation of Islam and adopted the name Muhammad Ali.